Syria Crisis: Assad Reduced to Warlord
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Lisa Mullins speaks with George Friedman of the global intelligence firm StratFor. Friedman believes the international community has to come to grips with the fact that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been reduced to a warlord, albeit one with support, firepower and tenacity.
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